Firstrade

Firstrade Securities is a commission-free online brokerage offering trading in stocks, ETFs, options, mutual funds, and fixed income securities with no account minimums and no inactivity fees. Firstrade does not publish an official public REST API; programmatic account access is available through the Plaid financial data aggregator, which supports account balance retrieval, transaction history, investment holdings, and asset reports for Firstrade accounts. Community-developed unofficial Python SDKs also exist for session- based automation but are not affiliated with or endorsed by Firstrade.

Firstrade publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Account API, Authentication API, Market Data API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Brokerage, Commission-Free Trading, Stocks, ETFs, and Options.

Firstrade’s developer surface includes authentication, pricing, and 11 more developer resources.

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34.9/100 thin ▼ -5.3 Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessFreemiumOpen⚡ Free to try

6 APIs

BrokerageCommission-Free TradingStocksETFsOptionsMutual FundsFixed IncomeRetirementIRAInvestingFinanceOpen Banking

Kin Score

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 34.9/100 · thin

Contract Quality 14.1 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 3.0 / 20

Commercial Clarity 12.1 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 6

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

PlaidIntegration

PlaidIntegration

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

HelpCenter

HelpCenter

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

PressCenter

PressCenter

Other 3

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Trading

Trading

MobileApp

MobileApp

OpenBankingTracker

OpenBankingTracker

Source (apis.yml)

aid: firstrade
name: Firstrade
description: Firstrade Securities is a commission-free online brokerage offering trading in stocks, ETFs, options, mutual
  funds, and fixed income securities with no account minimums and no inactivity fees. Firstrade does not publish an official
  public REST API; programmatic account access is available through the Plaid financial data aggregator, which supports account
  balance retrieval, transaction history, investment holdings, and asset reports for Firstrade accounts. Community-developed
  unofficial Python SDKs also exist for session- based automation but are not affiliated with or endorsed by Firstrade.
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: open
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: true
  label: Freemium · Open access
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/firstrade.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/firstrade/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
type: Index
tags:
- Brokerage
- Commission-Free Trading
- Stocks
- ETFs
- Options
- Mutual Funds
- Fixed Income
- Retirement
- IRA
- Investing
- Finance
- Open Banking
apis:
- name: Firstrade Account Data API (via Plaid)
  description: 'Access to Firstrade account data is available through the Plaid financial data aggregation platform. Plaid
    supports four product categories for Firstrade: Assets (consolidated balance summaries and asset reports), Balance (current
    and available account balances), Transactions (up to 24 months of transaction history), and Investments (retirement, brokerage,
    and crypto holdings). Authentication is handled via Plaid Link — Firstrade customers connect their accounts through Plaid''s
    consent-based flow. Data is returned in JSON format through Plaid''s standard endpoints. Geographic coverage is United
    States only.'
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://plaid.com/institutions/firstrade/
  baseURL: https://production.plaid.com
  tags:
  - Account Data
  - Balance
  - Transactions
  - Investments
  - Assets
  - Open Banking
  - Plaid
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://plaid.com/institutions/firstrade/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://plaid.com/docs/api/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://plaid.com/docs/link/
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://www.firstrade.com/content/en-us/aboutus/privacypolicy
  - type: PrivacyPolicy
    url: https://www.firstrade.com/content/en-us/aboutus/privacypolicy
  - type: Plans
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/firstrade/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/firstrade/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml
  - type: FinOps
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/firstrade/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml
  contact:
  - FN: Firstrade Customer Support
    url: https://www.firstrade.com/support
    phone: 1-800-869-8800
- aid: firstrade:firstrade-account-api
  name: Firstrade Account API
  description: Account list, balances, positions, and history
  humanURL: https://plaid.com/institutions/firstrade/
  baseURL: https://production.plaid.com
  tags:
  - Account
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/firstrade-account-api-openapi.yml
- aid: firstrade:firstrade-authentication-api
  name: Firstrade Authentication API
  description: Session login and MFA flows
  humanURL: https://plaid.com/institutions/firstrade/
  baseURL: https://production.plaid.com
  tags:
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/firstrade-authentication-api-openapi.yml
- aid: firstrade:firstrade-market-data-api
  name: Firstrade Market Data API
  description: Stock quotes, OHLC chart data, and option chains
  humanURL: https://plaid.com/institutions/firstrade/
  baseURL: https://production.plaid.com
  tags:
  - Market Data
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/firstrade-market-data-api-openapi.yml
- aid: firstrade:firstrade-orders-api
  name: Firstrade Orders API
  description: Equity and option order placement, listing, and cancellation
  humanURL: https://plaid.com/institutions/firstrade/
  baseURL: https://production.plaid.com
  tags:
  - Orders
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/firstrade-orders-api-openapi.yml
- aid: firstrade:firstrade-watchlist-api
  name: Firstrade Watchlist API
  description: Watchlist CRUD operations
  humanURL: https://plaid.com/institutions/firstrade/
  baseURL: https://production.plaid.com
  tags:
  - Watchlist
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/firstrade-watchlist-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/firstrade-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/firstrade-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/firstrade-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.firstrade.com/
- type: Trading
  url: https://www.firstrade.com/trading
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.firstrade.com/trading/pricing
- type: HelpCenter
  url: https://help.firstrade.com/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.firstrade.com/content/en-us/aboutus/privacypolicy
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.firstrade.com/content/en-us/aboutus/termsofuse
- type: PressCenter
  url: https://www.firstrade.com/press
- type: MobileApp
  url: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/firstrade-invest-trade/id405325225
- type: OpenBankingTracker
  url: https://www.openbankingtracker.com/provider/firstrade
- type: PlaidIntegration
  url: https://plaid.com/institutions/firstrade/
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Firstrade

Kin Score

APIs 6

Firstrade Account Data API (via Plaid)

Firstrade Account API

Firstrade Authentication API

Firstrade Market Data API

Firstrade Orders API

Firstrade Watchlist API

Pricing Plans 1

Plans

Rate Limits 1

Rate Limits

FinOps 1

Finops

Security Posture 2

Firstrade Authentication

Firstrade Domain Security

Agentic Access 1

Firstrade Agentic Access

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